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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
As for money buying premierships in country footy.. Of course it does, it always will do. It's sad, but it happens. Suck it up and move on. Newbridge would be spending the norm in the league on players, definatley not a great deal of money TO burn at the clubs in the LVFL.
I'm pretty sure carson had a valid excuse after earlier in the year when a Calival bloke shattered his jaw behind play before the game even started...
Not once have a heard a player from Newbridge declare themselves for the flag. But, if your on top, why not be cocky. Calival were the same over the last few years and they had plenty of reason to lip. Its part of footy.
Anyway enough of that.
no maxipad required, just had an absolute gutsful of Newbridge. I suppose we just have to wait and see if money can still buy premierships in country footy.
of course they are going to be a popular club, when you pay every tom, dick and harry to come out to play, Mitiamo are a popular club every three or four years, Serp is a popular club if your older than 35 and still think your worth $250 a week.
It's the furtherest thing from Tall Poppy Syndrome, i don't reckon i would be alone in my dislike of Newbridge. Not jealous of the success that they have on the football/netball field (which Brent Dyer throughly deserves for his ability to recruit good footballers to the club) but more so for the attitude of the collective club when they play other clubs. To have a group of supporters who belittle all players from all grades of football throughout the day doesn't portray a good club to me, it's a disgrace.
That is why i dislike them so much.
In saying all of that they should sew up top spot this weekend, lakey to take Haythorpe out of the game and then if they can close down wicks supplying the footy to lawry and morrisey the job should be done. Interest in who will end up playing calivil in the qualifying final though?
i never said anything about huge amounts of money, but i think it's a fair comment to say that newbridge would have the biggest player payments bill in the loddon valley. Especially after Pyramid lost Morris, Marschenani and Peter Bird at the end of last year.
Good luck to them, it didn't work for them last year but who knows it might work this year. Getting a little bit shaky though Scoble didn't work out, Wills is missing, Shevlin is missing, Grant has missed a few games, Gordon unfortunately might be finished. Would be a good effort to win it.
Flying ducks, who would spend more on players in the LVFL than Newbridge? Start naming clubs...
Maybe everyone bar calivil!!!!!
Ah it had to happen i suppose, someone tries to take the high moral ground in a forum.
I don't know a lot about other clubs, all i do know is the behaviour i've put up when playing Newbridge over the past 3 years and the behaviour of every other club and there is a vast vast difference, that's where i form my opinion and like i said earlier i don't reckon i'm on my own there.
Its funny how people stereotype clubs when im sure they havent even scratched the surface. Without knowing who you are, How the hell would you know what the club is about and the calibre of people there.
You still havent given a valid reason for your hatred and I doubt you will because you wont have a leg to stand on to defend yourself.
As for money buying premierships in country footy.. Of course it does, it always will do. It's sad, but it happens. Suck it up and move on. Newbridge would be spending the norm in the league on players, definatley not a great deal of money TO burn at the clubs in the LVFL.
For interest sake i will list a 'Payments Ladder' for the LVFL from what i think would be the clubs spending the most cash this year:
Pyramid Hill
Mitiamo
YCW
Newbridge
Bridgewater
Marong
B/L Serp
Calivil
Inglewood
See what you others think?
i never said anything about huge amounts of money, but i think it's a fair comment to say that newbridge would have the biggest player payments bill in the loddon valley. Especially after Pyramid lost Morris, Marschenani and Peter Bird at the end of last year.
Good luck to them, it didn't work for them last year but who knows it might work this year. Getting a little bit shaky though Scoble didn't work out, Wills is missing, Shevlin is missing, Grant has missed a few games, Gordon unfortunately might be finished. Would be a good effort to win it.
Flying ducks, who would spend more on players in the LVFL than Newbridge? Start naming clubs...
For interest sake i will list a 'Payments Ladder' for the LVFL from what i think would be the clubs spending the most cash this year:
Pyramid Hill
Mitiamo
YCW
Newbridge
Bridgewater
Marong
B/L Serp
Calivil
Inglewood
See what you others think?
I'd go
Newbridge
Mitiamo
Serp
Calivil
YCW
Pyramid Hill
Ingelwood
Marong
Bridgewater
While Calivil have got plenty of local blokes i reckon they still pay them pretty well.
I reckon Mitiamo are making the most of having the grand final last year and are paying over the odds for a few players (Hayes, Boldiston, etc) and recruiting players like Haythorpe (although i think he goes out with one of the existing players sisters).
Newbridge for the calibre of players they have, must be paying out a good whack of dough and i'm sure they are.
Serp are paying older blokes money they would have got when they were 28 and shouldn't be getting at 38.
YCW would be pumping big cash into three or four players like McCormick, Lorring, Webb.
The rest would be paying there top liners and that would be it. Marong might be a lot higher with the thompsons and Jacob Dahl coming on board this year plus what they were paying last year. Maybe the bottom sides are the ones paying more money because they have to, so players acutally go there?
just because they are locals doesn't mean they aren't going to be getting some sort of money. I reckon it's fantastic that they get them back there to play.
As for flying ducks comment, who apart from the player themselves and the treasurer would know what any player in the club is on? That's right no one. Of course it's all speculation about who is doing what. I'll have a crack at who i reckon is getting coin at each club
Newbridge to me would be paying more than match payments to Comer, Wills, Shevlin, both Giri's, Lakey, Ash Grant, Baxter, McLean, Nixon, Hughes, Mildren, Cam Grant,
Pyramid Chillcot, Birchmore, Pavlou, Thatcher, Gilchrist, Marscheni, Bird,
Calivil, Fremantle, Both Demeo's, The Maxted's, The Allen's,
YCW, Rob Bennett, Lorring, McCormick, Webb, Turner, Keating,
Miti, Wicks, Haythorpe, Morriesy, Pratt, Boldiston, Wills, Shannon Hayes, Craig Nicholls,
Serp, Maxted, Pointon, Gadsden, Cox, Mensforth (even if he is in the twos), Bateman, McMurray, McNally, Pollock, Welch,
Bridgey Ashman, Ant Collins, Alex Collins, Christie, Hall, Ferguson, Clutton
Ingelwood Billett, Kelly, Connally, Wilson,
Marong Rogers, Both Thompsons, Brad McCormick, Sudweeks, Gadsden, Dahl, Blandthorn,
All educated guesses, don't shoot me down, let me know if you think i've missed any.